Lauding the efforts of the Pakistan Army to eliminate extremism, the Pentagon, United States Department of Defense headquarters, Wednesday said that Pakistan continues to be a safe haven for terrorists.
“But what’s different today is that we have better vehicles for dialogue and cooperation with the Pakistani military that we continue to enjoy and want to and continue to improve,” said Pentagon spokesman Admiral John Kirby during a briefing Tuesday.
“Extremists and the safe haven pose a challenge and the sanctuary that they continue to enjoy in Pakistan, but the Pakistani military has taken action against some of those extremist threats inside their own country. They’ve conducted operations not too long ago, just this summer,” Kirby said, terming extremism as “common enemy” for both countries.
“It is important to remind everybody that they (Pakistan), too, have taken casualties in that fight, so it’s a common threat. We don’t always see eye-to-eye on how to address it. That remains to be the case today. It is a complicated relationship and we want to continue to work with Pakistan to deal with what we believe is a common challenge and a common threat faced by both our countries and by Afghanistan, as well.”
